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Integrating new technologies into the music classroom can be difficult because students usually do not have desks, just seats and music. But there are many different apps that can be used to create a greater learning environment.

I thought that this site was unique and a cool way to make presentations! I would definitely be engaged as a student!

Has a good list of ways you can make your classroom open to creativity!

This YouTube channel can e used for ideas and inspiration for multimedia in the classroom. The creators of this channel make fun, attention-getting educational videos. Keep in mind that many of these videos are geared towards high schoolers but they can spark some ideas for videos and other grade levels.

A digital citizen is one who knows what is right and wrong, exhibits intelligent technology behavior, and makes good choices when using technology. To understand the complexity of digital citizenship and the issues of technology use, abuse, and misuse, Mark Ribble had identified nine elements that together make up digital citizenship, which can be grouped into three categories.

Check out some tips on management in a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) classroom!

This article is extremely helpful as it provides teachers with tips on how to manage a classroom that implements BYOD. It gives great suggestions that make integrating personal devices into the classroom easier and more efficient.

Great list of helpful apps for pre production in film making. This list includes a short blurb about each app and a link to the app. This website also has helpful videos describing how to use each app.

This website gives resources for teachers to assess their students' content knowledge in a technological way. Assessment of the instruction of content is essential for a teacher. These resources make assessment interesting and show results in a very visual way. This instruction benefits teachers as they get to realize what their students have actually learned. Often students do not want to show that they do not understand the content, these resources give students a chance to share their voice.

Tells you what a storyboard is and it also tells you why you need one. It also gives you step-by-step instructions on how to make an effective storyboard.

Platform to make online posters

Shows step by step instructions on how to make a video using iMovie. Sound effects, music, stock footage, motion graphics, and stock images can be used in the iMovie.

This website consists of exciting and informational reading games that will help make learning fun.

Pinterest gives users access to everything from creative ways to make lesson plans, to DIY crafts in the classroom, to external links to worksheets for all subjects. We felt education boards on Pinterest could be useful because they are easy to navigate and can expose teachers to new websites and resources.

You can say that kids are sufficiently net savvy these days. However, some search engines make be dangerous for young children. This website proves a list of 10 child-friendly search engines to allow children to conduct research on topics that are interesting to them.

Research shows the many benefits of taking notes by hand. Taking notes on a computer makes it harder to absorb new information and recall thins information in the future.

For an avid paper note taker, note taking software can be a tough sell. CM Smith offers up some ways to make the transition to digital notes.

You can never have too many resources over how to correctly teach project-based learning! This is a longer article about how to be thorough with the process.

A great website that shows many different catapults that students could create in their classes, and also discusses the science behind catapults!